Dom H
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
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I fucked my wheel up on a curb last weekend, and couldn't afford to get the tyre replaced so I've just been sporting a spare steelie for a few days.. then woke up today to this.
I parked it in town, and that's where it's going to stay until I can afford to waste £50 or whatever the windscreen people want.
Do I go to the police?
[Edited on 03-11-2007 by Dom H]
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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Must be that time of year.
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Steve
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looks like theyve run across your bonnet too
if you think the area has cctv tell the police
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Gregor
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go to police
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Dom H
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Yeah they must have tried legging it up and over the car.. there isn't any footprints on the roof so I'm guessing they fell off. 
What can the police do though in all honesty?
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
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fucking hell Dom 
definately go to the police but they'll do nothing unfortunately and you will still be out of pocket with getting the windscreen replaced.
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Marc
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Police will do fuck all. Fill in 6 pages of paperwork and you'll never hear anything about it again.
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Dom H
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£400 too fix it today. 
£217 for Monday..
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Tommy L
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go scrapyard, and do it yourself 
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MatthewR
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£400!!!!!!!!! r u sure! fucking hell!!
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Phi
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Registered: 8th Jan 07
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double check your insurance, maybe your covered for windscreen?
or have you checked that?
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Dom H
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I'm not covered on insurance..
It's so high because it's out of hours, apparently you should only get your windscreen smashed between the hours of 9 and 5 on a Monday to Friday.
I can buy a new car for that much.
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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Ouch!! Can u at least drive it home away from that area, Ace ventura style??
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_Allan_
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Get inside the car and kick it out and drive home at 30mph, get it sorted in the week 
Chance of getting pulled on the way home is slim unless you live miles away.
[Edited on 03-11-2007 by _Allan_]
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Dom H
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
Get inside the car and kick it out and drive home at 30mph and get it sorted in the week
Chance of getting pulled on the way home is slim unless you live miles away.
[Edited on 03-11-2007 by _Allan_]
Sounds about right mate, thank fuck it's not raining. Does anyone know where I can get it done cheaper or if I pick up a second hand one how much it'll be to fit?
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Andrew
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I hope they fell and smashed their fuckin head on the windscreen. BASTARDS!
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All Torque
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom H
quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
Get inside the car and kick it out and drive home at 30mph and get it sorted in the week
Chance of getting pulled on the way home is slim unless you live miles away.
[Edited on 03-11-2007 by _Allan_]
Sounds about right mate, thank fuck it's not raining. Does anyone know where I can get it done cheaper or if I pick up a second hand one how much it'll be to fit?
Aye, kick it out and drive home Demolition Derby style 
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
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Me & my brother removed and re-fitted a 106 windscreen, still perfect to this day, was a good while back.
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Anthony
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i got my windscreen replaced for 100 quid inc tax, i got a number if you want it, but you a little while away
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S1MON111
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Registered: 7th Oct 07
Location: Ivybridge, Devon
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Police wont do fuck all take last night for a example..
Me mates dad rang him and said some little shits just run over the top of my car and run off.. so we all went to look for them couldnt find them, drove around for a bit.. then the police started following us.. they followed us into a street with a dead end where my mate is..
then we stopped at his house police got out and started being gobby, and saying whos the drivers you got a headlight out.. thats why we went back to his house to fix.. then his dad came out like whats the problem..
The police man was like uhhh just need to talk to the drivers.. then his dad was like instead of wasting time harrasing these lads do something about my car and showed them the foot prints.. but said there isnt much we can do about it and drove off.
They've got nothing better to do!
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IndyKalsey
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I've had the odd crack through vandalism, or something along similar
But that, fkin ell - no need for it
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hayg
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Registered: 13th Oct 06
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Fookin hell dom, that has been stamped on or had something swung at it - no way is that just a foot....
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
Chance of getting pulled on the way home is slim unless you live miles away.
Shouldn't be an issue anyway, don't need a windscreen for the MOT.
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Gareth
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badgers
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neil h
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Shouldn't be an issue anyway, don't need a windscreen for the MOT.
Isn't it something that you have to have if the car was designed to have one?
Though i doubt it'll be an issue if you explain what happened to anyone who decides to challenge you about it.
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